On 22 Dec 2005, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > [snip]
> Problem solved. It turned out to be "one of those warnings I recognized." > > For years, X complained that there was no XkbVariant named "Microsoft" in > response to the line: > > Section "InputDevice" > ... > Option "XkbVariant" "Microsoft" > ... > EndSection > > I'm not sure when that line appeared in my config file. Quite possibly back > when I was using Suse 6.1, way before I switched to Debian. I guess I just > "toted" the config file around, and only changed mode, horiz and vertical > timings when configuring a new system. > > The warning didn't have any adverse effect, and I always promised myself to > look into it when time permitted me to delve into learning the nitty gritty > details of keyboards under X. > > There always seemed to be more pressing issues. And besides, it's difficult > to get excited about learning details of keyboards under X. It seems more > complicated than it ought to be. And dry. > > Short story is, that line always caused a benign warning. > > Since I was (potentially) having trouble with the keyboard, I started to > scrutinize the X output, even looking at things which I didn't think had > relevence to the problem at hand. That trained my eye on the warning. > > I'm not sure what got upgraded yesterday, but whatever it was, that warning > apparently was no longer benign. I removed the XbdVariant, and now > everything is back to normal. > > Pete This is not the only possible cause. In my case what was needed was to include the following line under "InputDevice" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Option "XkbDisable" "true" No idea why. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]